Perceptions on Environment and Environment-Friendly Agricultural Products of College Students in Seoul and Incheon Area

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Jung Sung ◽  
Hyo-Seon Choi ◽  
Kyung-Ja Chang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Environment Friendly

Antecedents to organic cotton clothing purchase behaviour: study on Indian youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpita Khare ◽  
Geetika Varshneya
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Consumer Segment ◽  
Behaviour Study ◽  
Buying Behaviour ◽  
Apparel Manufacturers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine influence of past environment-friendly behaviour, peer influence and green apparel knowledge in the context of organic clothing purchase behaviour. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected by means of a survey carried out in three major metropolitan cities and a sample of total 889 respondents was collected who were college students in India. Findings Past environment-friendly behaviour influenced Indian youth’s organic clothing purchase behaviour. Green apparel knowledge and peer influence, interestingly, had no impact on organic clothing purchase behaviour. Research limitations/implications The sample was limited to students who had past experience with green products. This was deliberately done as the objective was to examine the influence of past environment-friendly behaviour and green apparel knowledge on organic clothing purchase behaviour. Youth with limited awareness about organic clothing were not contacted. This restricted the findings to a specific youth segment. Further, the study was limited to Indian youth and did not examine the purchase behaviour of other consumer segments. Demographic variables were not used for analysis as only purchase behaviour of young people as a consumer segment was studied. Practical implications The findings can be used by organic apparel manufacturers in marketing organic clothing brands to the Indian youth. Organic clothing can be positioned to emphasise green values and distinct lifestyle for environment-conscious youths. Initiatives like celebrity talk-shows, organic clothing exhibitions, and launch of organic clothing designer brands can be used to promote organic apparel. College students can be used as opinion leaders to communicate benefits of organic clothing and inculcate green values among larger population. Originality/value Organic products and brands are becoming popular among Indian consumers. There has been limited research on the subject of youths’ purchase behaviour of organic clothing to date. Companies trying to launch organic clothing brands in the country may find the results helpful in understanding green buying behaviour.

scholarly journals Environment Friendly Agricultural Brand “Cool Vege” Through Carbon Sequestration by Biochar for Sustainable Management of Food and Water

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Shibata ◽  
Hidehiko Kanegai
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Carbon Capture And Sequestration ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Scientific Authority

<p>The reduction of of greenhouse gas to mitigate or adapt to drastic climate change are one of the most important issues for human beings. On the other hand, rural development is also important issue for sustainable rural natural resources to secure food and water. Then, we propose the new socio-economic scheme to solve these issues at the same time through biochar carbon capture and sequestration. This scheme contains 4 measure factors that 1) Carbon Capture &amp; Storage(CCS) via biochar, 2) Biochar CCS should be carried out at agricultural  lands  for  rural  development,  3)  Biochar  CCS  should  be  monitored  and measured to generate carbon credits and social creditability, 4) The ECO-brand “Cool Vege” for agricultural products derived from biochar CCS. And, it consists of  many stake holders and actors that local community, compost center, farmers, CCS local committee consisted by local governments and universities as scientific authority, companies, retailers and normal citizen as consumers. Therefore, when proceeding this scheme, it is needed to have holistic aspect like bird view.</p>

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